Sommerfeld and Zenneck wave propagation for a finitely conducting one-dimensional rough surface.

Starting with Zenneck and Sommerfeld wave propagation over a flat finitely conducting surface has been extensively studied by Wait (see IEEE Antennas Propagat. Mag., vol.40, p.7-24, 1998) and many other authors. We examine propagation over a finitely conducting rough surface, also studied by many pe...

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Published in:	IEEE Transactions on antennas and propagation 48, 9 (2000).
Main Author:	Ishimaru, A.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Dyson and Bethe-Salpeter equations. EM wave propagation. Fourier transform. Monte Carlo simulations. Sommerfeld dipole problem. Sommerfeld pole. Sommerfeld wave propagation. Zenneck wave propagation. Attenuation function. Coherent field. Effective surface impedance. Finitely conducting 1D rough surface. Flat finitely conducting surface. Incoherent field. Incoherent mutual coherence functions. Integral equation. Magnetic line source. Modified perturbation method. Multiple scattering theories. Scattering cross section. Small RMS heights. Smoothing approximations. Total field.